 When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word. Author: Hannah More |
| In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them. Author: John Selden |
| In the meantime the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ work with thee, gentle reader, in all thy studious readings. Author: John Foxe |
| You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| We read of preaching the Word out of season, but we do not read of praying out of season, for that is never out of season. Author: Matthew Henry |
| If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
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| That learning which thou gettest by thy own observation and experience, is far beyond that which thou gettest by precept; as the knowledge of a traveler exceeds that which is got by reading. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all. Author: Thomas Carlyle |
| Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind. Author: Isaac Watts |
| Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment. Author: Isaac Watts |
| I read the newspapers to see how God governs the world. Author: John Newton |
| It is well to remember that reading books about the Bible is a very different thing to searching the Word for oneself. Author: Harry Ironside |
